Bartatua

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Bartatua
King of the Scythians
Reignc. 679-c. 658/9 BCE
PredecessorIšpakaia
SuccessorMadyes
Diedc. 658/9 BCE
SpouseŠērūʾa-ēṭirat (?)
IssueMadyes
ScythianPṛtatavah
FatherIšpakaia (?)
ReligionScythian religion

Bartatua or Protothyes was a Scythian king[1] who ruled during the period of the Scythian presence in Western Asia in the 7th century BCE.

  1. ^ Grousset, René (1970). The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia. Rutgers University Press. pp. 8–9. ISBN 978-0-813-51304-1.